NY Post · Jul 22, 2019
The Mets have to stop fooling themselves
Brodie Van Wagenen (left) and Jeff WilponThere are three tiers in the National League. The Dodgers are alone at the top, the Marlins at the bottom. Then there are 13 teams in between.
Play the season 100 times and all 13 make the playoffs on at least a few occasions. That includes the Mets.
But there is a difference between crawling out of this swamp of ordinariness to make the playoffs and actually being the kind of club that can challenge for a title this year — and into the near future.